Rico Gathers set career highs with 25 points and a Big 12-record 28 rebounds, and No. 21 Baylor finally pulled away in the second half for an 81-61 win over NAIA school Huston-Tillotson on Wednesday night. From ESPN.com - College Basketball - Baylor's Gathers goes big with 28 rebounds
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Jackson Steps Up, Tar Heels Top Wake Forest
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No. 15 UNC beats Wake Forest 87-71 for 4th straight win
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Oregon fan loses bet, gets Ohio State tattoo after national title game (Photo)
Never say you’ll get a tattoo based on the outcome of a sporting event, or you could end up like this poor Oregon fan.
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN. HERE IS THE TATTOO. A man of his word @Debellonia88 http://ift.tt/1uuqSuy
— H (@Hlee3D) January 21, 2015 He was obviously so confident that the Ducks would knock off Ohio State in the College Football Playoff National Championship that he said he’d get an OSU tattoo if the Buckeyes won the game. It did not work out like he hoped, and now he’ll be reminded of Ohio State’s dominant win every day.
Understandably, he’s not too pleased with his predicament.
😒
— Sun Duck (@Debellonia88) January 21, 2015 At least he followed through with the bet.
(H/T Deadspin )
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Gordon thanks Wisconsin fans before draft
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Dawgs' Richt agrees to extension through '19
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UGA gives Richt 2-year extension, $800K raise
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Art Briles says Baylor was 8-4 vote short of clinching spot in playoff
Baylor finished at No. 5 in the final College Football Playoff rankings, narrowly missing out on a playoff berth that went to Ohio State, the eventual national champions.
Just how close was Baylor from making it into the Playoff? Head coach Art Briles said Wednesday that it came down to an 8-4 vote from the 12-person selection committee with eight votes going to the Buckeyes and the other four going to the Bears.
Art Briles said Baylor was an 8-4 vote from earning the No. 4 spot in the recent CFP voting.
— Tim Griffin (@TimGriffinBig12) January 21, 2015
During availability, Art Briles said Baylor was short of fourth playoff spot on 8-4 selection committee vote. Declines to reveal source.
— Chuck Carlton (@ChuckCarltonDMN) January 21, 2015 We all know the scenario by now. Entering championship weekend, TCU was ranked third in the CFP rankings while Baylor was sixth and Ohio State was fifth. Ohio State dominated Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship and moved up to No. 4 behind Florida State, which jumped from No. 4 to No. 3.
TCU (which dropped all the way to No. 6) and Baylor both won its games to clinch a share of the Big 12 title, but both were ultimately shut out of the four-team playoff.
Briles, whose team lost to Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl, is still clearly steaming a bit from how it all turned out. He seems to be among the crowd in favor of an eight-team playoff as well.
Briles not surprised with TOSU's success in four-team playoff, saying that of top 8 teams, "7 of them had a chance to win the championship."
— Tim Griffin (@TimGriffinBig12) January 21, 2015 Of course, if Baylor hadn’t lost to West Virginia it wouldn’t have been in that situation anyway. Regardless, Baylor has plenty of motivation headed into next season.
For more Baylor news, visit SicEmSports.com.
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Jerry Jones donates $10.6M to Razorbacks
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Briles: Baylor missed playoff spot by 8-4 vote
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Michigan St., BYU to play each other 2016, '20
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NCAA says it is currently investigating 20 schools for academic fraud
In fact, representatives from the NCAA’s enforcement department told The Chronicle that is currently investigating academic misconduct in athletic programs at 20 schools – 18 from Division I, one from Division II and one from Division III.
From The Chronicle:
The cases are at various stages, from preliminary inquiry to awaiting a hearing with the Division I Committee on Infractions, and they involve a variety of missteps, including allegations that players received impermissible assistance from professors, academic advisers, or people outside of an athletic department.
Last year, the NCAA named Katherine Sulentic, a former academic adviser at Colorado, the chair of a new academic integrity group in its enforcement department. Now, the NCAA’s vice president for enforcement, Jonathan Duncan, says that unit will be beefed up while the NCAA’s investigators receive additional training on “what constitutes academic fraud and how to handle potential academic violations.”
“The timing is right to dedicate more resources to this,” Sulentic said. “Everyone’s antenna is up about academic fraud on a college campus in general.”
Academic misconduct is on the rise in college sports and the NCAA says many of the recent cases follow a fairly similar pattern.
Mr. Duncan and Ms. Sulentic attributed the increase in alleged academic violations to a variety of factors, including stricter NCAA academic standards and a rise in cheating among college students in general. They said that many of their current cases involved people who had relationships with an athletic department or a particular sports program, but who were not necessarily employed by the department. Those include professors, academic advisers who work outside of athletics, and people in the registrar’s office.
Coaches get involved sometimes, too.
In some cases, head coaches have urged members of their staff—secretaries, athletic trainers, people in the weight room—to "get this young man or woman eligible," Ms. Sulentic said.
"It’s not necessarily a directive about what to do—‘I need you to write this kid’s paper,’" she said. But she said coaches were making "proclamations" to a broad network of people, encouraging them to cheat on behalf of current players or recruits.
Unsurprisingly, Sulentic says others like agents and financial planners can also attempt to get involved with an athlete.
“They might say, ‘I exchange for you working with me in the future, I’m going to get you eligible to play Division I ball,’” Sulentic said. “What consistently surprises me is the definition of the word ‘help.’”
While none of these things seem like very new issues, at least the NCAA is bolstering its resources and focus on academic fraud. And if we know anything about the NCAA, the results of these investigations won’t come to light for quite a while.
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Jerry Jones gives $10.65M to Arkansas athletics
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Postseason #CFBRank 51-60: College football's top 100 players
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Florida to build $15M indoor practice facility
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Cards' Campbell gives record $1.6M to Canes
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Blake Sims says he replays Sugar Bowl pick-6 in head 'all the time'
The Ohio State defensive end dropped into coverage in the third quarter of the game on New Year's Day and jumped in front of the pass Sims threw. As Miller scored from 41 yards out, Ohio State's lead went from six to 13 en route to a 42-35 win over Alabama.
It was Sims' last game as the Tide's quarterback. He said at the Senior Bowl that he replays the interception over and over in his head.
"It plays over in my head all the time," Sims told Al.com. "When I start talking about Alabama football, that's the first thing that comes to my mind."
Sims threw three interceptions against Ohio State. The final one was the last play of the game, when Sims threw a Hail Mary pass into the end zone that was intercepted by OSU safety Tyvis Powell. He said he's playing in the Senior Bowl with the hopes of getting a shot in the NFL to erase the memory of the game.
His 2014 was far from terrible. He set Alabama's single-season passing record with 3,487 yards. He had 28 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Yes, 30 percent of his season total of picks came in the biggest and last game of the season. The timing makes it tougher.
Before the season, many thought that Florida State transfer Jacob Coker would be Alabama's starting quarterback ahead of Sims. Or, when Sims was named Alabama's starter, it would only be a matter of time before Coker took over. He never did. Coker's only extended time in 2014 came in blowouts.
"You control your destiny," Sims said. "Whatever you want, go get it. Don't let anybody tell you that you don't have enough ability, you're not smart enough. I mean, I've been told all of that and I've always proved people wrong. I'm just glad I had the opportunity to play."
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Wisconsin sends recruiting mail that says Paul Chryst coached at Penn State (Photo)
With the season over, the college football world turns its attention toward recruiting as we get closer and closer to National Signing Day (Feb. 4). While looking to round out its 2015 class, Wisconsin, under new head coach Paul Chryst, is also looking ahead toward the 2016 class.
The program sent this recruiting flier with the Chryst’s resume to Jake Heinrich, a Rivals.com three-star guard from Urbandale, Iowa, in the class of 2016. There is one problem on the flier, however. See if you can spot it.
Poor #Pitt been a rough few years w coaches “@JAKEHEINRICH1: @rivalsmike what's wrong with this picture? http://ift.tt/159NF2A”
— Mike Farrell (@rivalsmike) January 21, 2015 Yep. Whoever made it the flier wrote that Chryst was the head coach at Penn State. Of course, everyone knows that Chryst was the head coach at Pitt from 2012-14 before he left to accept the head-coaching gig at his alma mater.
That was probably just an honest mistake by someone on the recruiting staff, but it’s still not a good look. It could upset some folks in the Keystone State as well.
You can’t help but wonder how many of these were sent out to other recruits with the same error.
For more Wisconsin news, visit BadgerBlitz.com.
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From Dr. Saturday - NCAAF - Yahoo Sports - Wisconsin sends recruiting mail that says Paul Chryst coached at Penn State (Photo)
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Jake McGee tweets he's been granted extra year of eligibility at Florida
Jake McGee will be at Florida for a second year.
The tight end tweeted Tuesday that he's been granted another year of eligibility.
Lets try this college thing one more time! thanks @ncaa 🐊🐊 see you in the fall!
— Jake McGee (@JakeOvaTheWorld) January 20, 2015 McGee transferred from Virginia to Florida for the 2014 season. However, his 2014 was quite short-lived. He broke his left leg in what was Florida's first game of the season against Eastern Michigan and ended up missing the rest of the season. (Florida's season opener against Idaho was postponed and eventually canceled)
Before coming to Florida, McGee was Virginia's leading receiver in 2013 before taking a graduate transfer. He had 43 catches and 395 yards in 2013.
If he would have been healthy for the entire 2014 season, he would have undoubtedly given the fairly-incompetent Florida passing game some life. His 2013 stats would have made him Florida's second-leading receiver in 2014 and Florida got absolutely no production from the tight end position. Tevin Westbrook was Florida's leading receiver at the position and he had eight catches for 81 yards and two touchdowns.
For more Florida news, visit InsidetheGators.com.
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LSU C Elliott Porter reportedly arrested for New Year's Eve incident
The specific charges were not listed on WDSU 6's report online. According to the video accompanying the post, the charge listed on the documents is simple domestic assault and Porter was booked on January 5.
"I understand because it's high profile and he may be going to the NFL this looks like one of those domestic cases, but it really isn't," said Porter's attorney Robert Jenkins.
According to the complaint, Porter threatened to harm himself, his girlfriend and their young child after a recent breakup. The records also indicate that prior to the December incident, the couple lived together in Baton Rouge, where the victim said she suffered physical and emotional abuse.
Jenkins said there is no proof his client did anything wrong, and it boils down to a "he said, she said" situation.
"It's my word against your word that the incident took place," Jenkins said. "There is no independent proof. Because these guys are high-profile, it's looking like athletes are not getting the benefit of due process."
Jenkins also told the station that Porter was out of town at the time of the incident. Porter and his girlfriend have been together for three years.
Porter hurt his right ankle in LSU's 17-0 loss to Arkansas. He was also suspended for two games at the beginning of the year after an issue with pay from a summer job. He started 12 games in 2013 as a junior.
For more LSU news, visit Tigerbait.com.
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Louisville's Pitino strips Harrell of captaincy
All-American forward Montrezl Harrell is no longer a team captain for the No. 10 Louisville Cardinals, coach Rick Pitino told the Louisville Courier-Journal on Tuesday. From ESPN.com - College Basketball - Louisville's Pitino strips Harrell of captaincy
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